The Martian [SPOILERS]

[Face]

An interesting strategy: make a rip-off to participate in the hype, but claim that the original is actually the plagiarism in order to avoid -storms. In addition, the PR will be cheap.

Isn't copyright law based on what got published first? Did he publish his script before Weir wrote his first blog entry? If not, on what grounds does he claim copyrights? Espionage?

 

[SolarLiner]

Isn't copyright law based on what got published first? Did he publish his script before Weir wrote his first blog entry? If not, on what grounds does he claim copyrights? Espionage?

You're describing Pixels here. Sony made this last July the film based on the short by Patrick Jean which he released in 2010.

The thing is: they've sued Patrick Jean for making the Pixel short, and won. With a copyright claim from a film released 5 years later.


And the Russian film. How can I not laugh at it. "Pure plagiarism" From the trailer you can clearly see the Russian one has a completely different story (only the "stranded man in an unreachable place" theme stays), and it involves alien-like robots, dudes that can place one hand on its back (???), and some sort of army... (I don't understand Russian though, might be wrong)

I don't see where the "Plagiarism" claim here is. But basically,

 

[Andy44]

Reading the book, now, about 60 pages in. Loving it so far. The foul language is refreshing after years of over-sanitized PG13 weakness.

 

[Andy44]

Just finished the book. Fantastic read, I burned through it very quickly. A few differences from the film, of course, but the course of events is mostly the same. Both book and film are great.

 

[SolarLiner]

Reading the book, now, about 60 pages in. Loving it so far. The foul language is refreshing after years of over-sanitized PG13 weakness.

I've been considering reading the book (me not being a reader, like at all, and especially in English :lol, and seriously, this is a pretty good argument.

 

[Artlav]

Fun fact - after reading the book i finally googled what this infamous "Disco" was...
Turns out i like some of it. :blush:
I didn't know, honest!

 

[SolarLiner]

Fun fact - after reading the book i finally googled what this infamous "Disco" was...
Turns out i like some of it. :blush:
I didn't know, honest!

TIL There is no Disco in Russia

 

[n122vu]

TIL There is no Disco in Russia

In Soviet Russia beat turns you around!

 

[Artlav]

TIL There is no Disco in Russia

Hint: Why do you think i liked some of it, if there isn't any?

 

[SolarLiner]

Hint: Why do you think i liked some of it, if there isn't any?

Something about things being great when new, but progressively loose interest with time?

 

[Andy44]

Fun fact - after reading the book i finally googled what this infamous "Disco" was...
Turns out i like some of it. :blush:
I didn't know, honest!

The history of disco in the US is a long and sordid one. When it appeared in the 70s a lot of rock purists rebelled against it. It was dance music for NY nightclubs instead of listening music and it was also associated to a degree with the gay culture.

It was also the beginning of the end of rock's dominance over pop culture. Up until that point pop music meant Hendrix, Beatles, Pink Floyd, and others. Disco, which has since morphed into techno and other forms of club music, wasn't about album-oriented rock for people who love music nor was it for hippies who loved drugs and social protest movements. It was for coked-up club-hoppers who wanted to go out on the town and party like cray.

I guess all this was missed in the USSR at the time, but within the US, Canada, and maybe even the UK disco had a lot of cultural implications.

 

[jedidia]

and maybe even the UK disco had a lot of cultural implications.

Among which, curiously enough, is the rise of rollerskates :shifty:

Seriously, how do you get an idea like that?

 

[Andy44]

Having finished the book now, I wish they had left the "Ironman" part out of the movie. Or at least not filmed it so cartoonish.

But I did like the fact that the movie had an epilogue at the end; I thought the book's ending was too abrupt.

Also, I bet if Hermes were equipped with work pods like those on 2001's Discovery, the rescue would've been much easier!

 

[Cairan]

Hint: Why do you think i liked some of it, if there isn't any?

Just for you ... I'm pretty sure there was this piece somewhere in that playlist of CDR Lewis :lol: :rofl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBXRJgSd-aU